Northern Lights
Encyclopedia
Northern Lights is a common name for the Aurora Borealis
(Polar Aurorae) in the Northern Hemisphere.
Northern Lights may also refer to:
Aurora (astronomy)
An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere...
(Polar Aurorae) in the Northern Hemisphere.
Northern Lights may also refer to:
Books, film, television, and radio
- Northern Lights, a romance novel by Nora RobertsNora RobertsNora Roberts is a bestselling American author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series, and has also written under the pseudonym Jill March...
- Northern Lights, a 1975 novel by American author Tim O'BrienTim O'Brien (author)Tim O'Brien is an American novelist who often writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American servicemen who fought there...
- Northern Lights, a 1991 novel by Howard NormanHoward NormanHoward A. Norman , is an American award-winning writer and educator. Most of his short stories and novels are set in Canada's Maritime Provinces. He has written several translations of Algonquin, Cree, Eskimo, and Inuit folklore. His books have been translated into 12 languages.-Early...
- Northern Lights (novel)Northern Lights (novel)Northern Lights, known as The Golden Compass in North America, is the first novel in English novelist Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy...
, a 1995 novel by Philip Pullman- The Golden Compass (film), a 2007 film adaption of the Philip Pullman novel
- Northern Lights (1978 film)Northern Lights (1978 film)Northern Lights was a 1978 independent film which dramatizes the founding of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, a Socialist political movement which took place in the American Midwest in the early 1900s....
, a 1979 movie directed by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson - Northern Lights (1997 film)Northern Lights (1997 film)Northern Lights is the first Disney Channel Original Movie and it starred Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton.-Plot summary:A stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town under bizarre circumstances...
, a 1997 movie starring Diane Keaton - Northern Lights (2009 film)Northern Lights (2009 film)Northern Lights, also known as Nora Roberts' Northern Lights, is a 2009 made-for-tv movie directed by Mike Robe, which stars Eddie Cibrian, LeAnn Rimes, and Rosanna Arquette. The film is based on the Nora Roberts novel of the same name and is part of the Nora Roberts 2009 movie collection, which...
, a 2009 made-for-television film based on the novel by Nora Roberts - Northern Light (film), a 2006 Dutch film
- Northern Lights (TV series)Northern Lights (TV series)Northern Lights is a 2006 comedy-drama broadcast on ITV starring Mark Benton and Robson Green. It is a spin-off of the 2004 Christmas special Christmas Lights....
, a 2006 UK comedy-drama series - "Northern Lights" (Dawson's Creek episode), a 2000 episode of the American TV series Dawson's Creek
- "Northern Lights Out", an episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon TV series
- Northern Lights (radio show)Northern Lights (radio show)Northern Lights was a music program on the Radio One and Radio 2 networks of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, hosted by Andrea Ratuski of CBC Winnipeg. Airing weeknights at 11:00 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. Newfoundland on Radio One and at 4:00 a.m. or 4:40 a.m...
, a Canadian radio music programme
Music
- Northern Lights (Canadian band), a 1985 Canadian supergroup
- Northern Lights (bluegrass band)Northern Lights (bluegrass band)Northern Lights was an American Progressive bluegrass band formed in 1975 in New England, which musical career spanned more than three decades....
, an American bluegrass group- Northern Lights (album)Northern Lights (album)Northern Lights is the self-titled debut album by the progressive bluegrass band Northern Lights, recorded in 1976 under the Revonah Records label.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Taylor Armerding - mandolin, vocals* Bob Emery - guitar, vocals...
, the self-titled debut album by the American bluegrass group
- Northern Lights (album)
- The Northern Lights, the name used by Swedish folk group The Hootenanny Singers for an American LP release
- Northern Light (Covenant album), 2002
- Northern Light (Jon Christos album)Northern Light (Jon Christos Album)Northern Light is the debut album from classical musician and Salford born tenor Jon Christos. The album was released in 2005 by Roots Music Group and produced by Alan Gregson...
, 2005 - A 1996 EP by Austrian musician Klaus WaldeckKlaus WaldeckKlaus Waldeck, usually known by his stage name of Waldeck, is a Viennese former copyright lawyer and electronica musician.-History:Klaus Waldeck's musical career began in Vienna, Austria when he started piano lessons at the age of six...
- A song by English band Renaissance from the 1978 album A Song for All SeasonsA Song for All SeasonsA Song For All Seasons was a 1978 album by progressive rock band Renaissance. It marked the return of electric guitars to the band's music after several years of absence.-Information about the album:...
- A song by New Zealand band Goldenhorse from the 2002 album RiverheadRiverhead (album)Riverhead is the debut album of New Zealand band, Goldenhorse released in 2002. Three versions were released of this album; the original in 2002, a limited edition 2-CD version in 2003, and a new edition released in 2004...
- A song by Japanese seiyū Megumi HayashibaraMegumi Hayashibarais a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin...
- Toronto Northern LightsToronto Northern LightsThe Toronto Northern Lights is a Toronto, Ontario-based men's chorus of about 50 singers drawn from the Ontario District of the Barbershop Harmony Society...
, a Canadian men's chorus - "Northern LitesNorthern Lites"Northern Lites" is the ninth single by Super Furry Animals. It was the first single to be taken from the Guerrilla album and reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart after its release on 10 May 1999. The song was written by singer Gruff Rhys and was inspired by the El Niño phenomenon...
", a 1997 song by Super Furry Animals from the album Guerrilla - Northern lights chordNorthern lights chordIn music, the northern lights' chord is an eleven-note chord from Ernst Krenek's Cantata for Wartime , that represents the Northern Lights...
, from Ernst Krenek's Cantata for Wartime (1943)
Ships, nautical
- Northern Light (clipper)Northern Light (clipper)The Northern Light was an American clipper ship. In 1853 she sailed from San Francisco, California to Boston, Massachusetts via Cape Horn with Captain Freeman Hatch at the helm in a record-setting 76 days, 6 hours. The record still stands for a single hull vessel. In 1993 the record was soundly...
, a clipper ship, perhaps the fastest clipper ship of all time - Northern Light (sternwheeler)Northern Light (sternwheeler)Northern Light was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and was active in the early 1900s.-Career:Northern Light was built in 1898 at Seattle. The vessel was assigned to routes on southern Puget Sound, including the Anderson Island run. Northern Light was abandoned in 1920...
, a steamboat active on Puget Sound circa 1890
Other uses
- Commissioners of Northern Lights. now called the Northern Lighthouse BoardNorthern Lighthouse BoardThe Northern Lighthouse Board is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man. It is a non-departmental public body responsible for marine navigation aids around coastal areas.-History:...
, the lighthouse authority for Scotland - Northern Lights County, Alberta, a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada
- Northern Light GroupNorthern Light GroupNorthern Light Group, LLC is a company specializing in strategic research portals, enterprise search technology, and text analytics solutions. The company provides custom, hosted, turnkey solutions for its clients using the software as a service delivery model. Northern Light markets its...
, an American knowledge management company specializing in search engine technology and strategic research portals - Northern Lights (cannabis), a strain of cannabis
- Northern Lights CollegeNorthern Lights CollegeNorthern Lights College is an institution that provides post-secondary education to residents of Northern British Columbia. It currently has offices in eight communities, and a working agreement with the University of Northern British Columbia. The college president is D. Jean Valgardson.- List of...
, in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada - Northern Lights suplex, a move in professional wrestling
- Northern Lights (passenger train), a named train in the United Kingdom which runs from London to Aberdeen
- Northern Lights (pipeline)Northern Lights (pipeline)Northern Lights is a natural gas pipeline system in Russia and Belarus. It is one of the main pipelines supplying north-western Russia and is an important transit route for Russian gas to Europe.-History:...
, a natural gas pipeline system in Russia and Belarus - Northern Lights (online game)Northern Lights (online game)Northern Lights, abbreviated NL, is a MUD, a text-based online role-playing game, founded in 1992 by Anna "Vitastjern" Eklund. It has at times been noted as a particularly large and popular example of its type, and has received critical praise....
, a 1992 MUD, or text-based online role-playing game - Northern Light (spacecraft), a proposed space mission of Canada to Mars
- Northern Light (whiskey)Northern Light (whiskey)Northern Light is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof. It is made with rye, barley and Indian corn . Each grain is fermented, distilled, and aged separately to produce grain whiskies. After distillation Northern Light whisky is aged separately for 36 months in white oak...
, a blended Canadian whisky - Operation Northern LightsOperation Northern LightsOperation Northern Lights was a joint U.S-Iraqi operation. It Consisted of approximately 1,400 personnel with a mission to disrupt anti-Coalition forces and to find and destroy rebel caches in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, Iraq....
, a 2006 U.S. military operation in Iraq - Northern Lights, a codename for the second model of the eMacEMacThe eMac, short for education Mac, was a Macintosh desktop computer made by Apple Inc. It was originally aimed at the education market, but was later made available as a cheaper mass market alternative to Apple's second-generation LCD display iMac....